Member Since: 20/08/2005
Band Website: www.polygraphlounge.com
Band Members: Rob Schwimmer
Mark Stewart
Melissa Fathman
Influences: "MAD GENIUS SHOULD ALWAYS BE THIS FUN!" The New York Times
"VIBRANTLY SCREWY!" Time Out New York"MUSICALL HIGH-MINDED BUT HILARIOUSLY LOWBROW AND ALWAYS MANIACAL!"
New York Post..
Sounds Like: «There's a mind-altering, virtuoso precision at the heart of Polygraph Lounge, as Schwimmer and Stewart execute hairpin turns and loop-de-loops before heading off in some other unexpected (a)tonal direction. » [ more ... ]Jim Knipfel
New York Press
July 6, 2005«Nothing today is much like Polygraph Lounge, and nothing like Polygraph Lounge would have been possible earlier, because its work depends on more than 250 years of music since Bach's day, and on modern electronics -- not only electronic instruments, but the electronic world that all of us inhabit, in which the music of the world can fill the air at a touch of a button, and everything we have heard can be simultaneously present in our memory and imagination»Richard Dyer
The Boston Globe
(Living/Arts Section)
February 14, 2005«Of all the quirky bands in New York, Polygraph Lounge stands out for its sheer ingenuity... Once their mischievous, hyperactive creativity gets loose, there's no stopping it... Mr. Stewart and Mr. Schwimmer have the kind of chemistry one expects from a smart, funny rock band that has been together since childhood, goofing off and punning left and right like fresh young Beatles.»Ben Sisario
The New York Times
(Arts and Leisure Section)
November 3rd, 2002«Fearsome prowess... These two can hook anything in the deep ocean of pop effortlessly, which frees up their attention to wring melody from a theremin, daxophone, PVC bassoons, and cardboard alpenhorns (e.g.). The stage looked like the Cat in the Hat ransacked a gamelan.»David Krasnow
The Village Voice«Polygraph Lounge is today's pop culture meets Spike Jones meeting John Cage!
A great evening on every level! --They're explosive!»Arif Mardin
Legendary multi-Grammy Award winning producer including 2003 Grammy Award Winner--Producer (Norah Jones)
Record Label: NuNoise Records
Type of Label: Indie